n be most precisely defined and least effectively when what is to be measured or predicted cannot be well defined. Tests do pensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.Р70. While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline----after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late '80s---and is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-class down-shifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.Р71. An invisible border divides those arguing puters in the classroom on the behalf of students’ career prospects and those arguing puters in the classroom for broader reasons of